Shimla, July 18 -- Himachal Pradesh's Revenue, Horticulture and Tribal Development Minister, Jagat Singh Negi, on Friday said that the state government will approach the Supreme Court against the High Court's directive that has led to mass felling of fruit-bearing and green trees on encroached forest lands.
Calling the green felling "environmentally disastrous" and contrary to the principles of ecological conservation. Negi told ANI, "Nowhere in the country is green felling permitted. Eviction of illegal encroachments is being carried out, but cutting decades-old fruit-bearing trees is not justified."
He added that the state will file a petition in the Supreme Court to prevent unnecessary destruction of green cover.
While the governmen...
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